OMINOUS STATISTICS

THUS FAR THIS MONTH HAS BEEN THE MOST DEADLY IN TERMS OF SERVICE PERSONNELL LOST IN IRAQ. WITH ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK REMAINING, WE HAVE LOST OVER 85 SERVICE PEOPLE- IT HURTS!

AS STATED BEFORE, THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WARFARE. SUICIDE BOMBERS WHO SEEK MARTYRDOM, VEHICLE BOMBERS WHO CARE NOT WHO THEY KILL, THEIR OWN OR OURS. WE ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO THIS. THEY ARE BEING FED ARTILLERY, BOMBS, AMMUNITION, ROCKETS- JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THEY ASK FOR, AND WE CAN'T STOP THAT EITHER.

IN MANY WAYS, I FIND A PARALLEL BETWEEN THIS WAR AND THE ONE IN VIETNAM, UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE WITH UNCONVENTIONAL ENEMIES. I CAN'T HELP BUT REMEMBER, THE FRENCH PRECEDING US IN VIETNAM, THE RUSSIANS IN AFGHANISTAN (AND THERE ARE MORE EXAMPLES) AND THEY TOO FOUND THE ENEMY VERY UNCONVENTIONAL AND WENT HOME.

I DO THINK WE WILL EVENTUALLY PREVAIL BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE PRICE. I KNOW YOU DO TOO.

WELL, GETTING BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN, WE JUST COMPLETED A WHIRLWIND TOUR OF NINE STATES. THE CROWDS GREETED US WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM, SHOUTING, YELLING WAVING THEIR FISTS. WE TOOK ALL THIS TO MEAN THEY WERE HAPPY TO SEE US. IN SOME PLACES WE DREW CROWDS REQUIRING POLICE TO KEEP THINGS FROM BOILING OVER, AS MANY AS 18 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT SOME OF OUR RALLIES. ONE DISGRUNTLED PERSON DID LET THE AIR OUT OF OUR TIRES BUT BEING ACCUSTOMED TO THIS, WE BROUGHT OUR OWN COMPRESSOR WITH OUR CARAVAN.

IN WASHINGTON IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL. HEADS ROLL DAILY AND MORE TO COME. WHEN WE TAKE OVER THE WHITE HOUSE WE DO NOT EXPECT A TURNOVER IN OUR ADMINISTRATION. WHEN ONE PAYS THE COST OF A POSITION, THEY WOULD BE FOOLISH TO WALK AWAY AND FORFEIT THAT MUCH MONEY, NOT TO MENTION THE OPPORTUNITIES THEIR CABINET POSITION AFFORDS THEM.

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, DESPITE THE WORST HOUSING SLUMP IN MANY, MANY YEARS, IT IS A COMFORT TO SEE THE DOW APPROACHING A RECORD, A REAL MILESTONE.

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